500 OTR Christmas Shows
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500 OTR Christmas Holiday Shows
Five hundred Christmas holiday-themed old time radio shows. Also includes some Christmas-week news and New Year's Eve shows (and year-end retrospectives and news). Plus the Christmas V-Discs (I've uploaded a set of V-Discs to Archive.org) and a rip of Dennis Day's 1958 LP Christmas Is For The Family (with Jack Benny).
Not meant to be comprehensive but there's a lot, and they range from the ridiculous (The Christmas Bride) to the sublime (Truth or Consequence's hometown sound collage for a hospitalized paralyzed vet) and everything in-between.
As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself.
Thanks. :)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Indyzdanny
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December 5, 2020
Subject: Thanks! And Merry Christmas!
Subject: Thanks! And Merry Christmas!
I am really enjoying these Christmas Shows. Many I have never heard before on here. Quite a collection! Thanks for putting them together!
Merry Christmas from Elizabethtown, KY
Merry Christmas from Elizabethtown, KY
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moosie4242
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November 21, 2020
Subject: Thank You so much
Subject: Thank You so much
Thanks so much for your effort. I pick-out my favorites and burn them to a CD and listen to them that way. It helps an old man to keep the Christmas spirit in these troubled times. THANKS again.
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jenjosh
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December 23, 2019
Subject: Awesome Shows
Subject: Awesome Shows
I love listening to old time radio and especially if they’re Christmas Episodes. This collection has everyone. Merry Christmas
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December 30, 2017
Subject: #103 - weird music
Subject: #103 - weird music
Halfway through FDR's Fireside Talk, a simple and repetitive electronic version of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" starts playing along with the sound of Roosevelt's voice. What the heck? Very annoying and distracting and.....just plain weird.
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December 25, 2017
Subject: Thank You!
Subject: Thank You!
Thank You so very much! I'll cherish this!
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mlimbert
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December 4, 2017
Subject: Wonderful!!!
Subject: Wonderful!!!
Thanks for this. Always a fan of OTR.
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November 14, 2017
Subject: Gratitude
Subject: Gratitude
Thank you, thank you, thank you for gathering and posting. These shows embody the kind of Christmas spirit that I love, even if I was born too late to experience them first-hand. Well done.
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lonie
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August 11, 2017
Subject: 500 OTR CHRISTMAS SHOWS
Subject: 500 OTR CHRISTMAS SHOWS
This Is Outstanding
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phytz
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December 27, 2016
Subject: Wonderful
Subject: Wonderful
Thank you for this wonderful collection from our history. I grew up listening to these shows. It was a wonderful time in United States history.
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December 14, 2014
Subject: The Way It Really Was
Subject: The Way It Really Was
I haven't listened to more than ten percent of these, but from my decades of hearing "old time radio" shows I know these accurately reflect the way folks thought and felt. By today's standards they may seem corny, sexist and racist. In those times attitudes were different and they're reflected here. To enjoy the entertainment one needs to accept and be open to a vastly different era. Things went slower, people accepted old jokes, believed that might didn't always make right and caring about one's neighbors was expected. If those feelings are wrong, maybe we need to look at today's attitudes and check on our prejudices and false beliefs. The art of an era reflects its society. What do today's arts say about who we are? Enjoy these shows without judgment, they were what earlier generations of Americans loved. They deserve our consideration.
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December 4, 2014
Subject: THE BEST
Subject: THE BEST
Love all these...thanks to the compiler, Happy Holidays
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September 29, 2013
Subject: thank you
Subject: thank you
Thank you 1000 times.
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